The Parliament of Denmark rejects the proposal for the recognition of the Palestinian state

Denmark's parliament rejected on Tuesday a draft law on the recognition of the Palestinian state. Previously, the Danish Foreign Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, had said that the necessary preconditions for the recognition of Palestine's independence are missing.

Ireland, Spain and Norway formally recognized the Palestinian state on Tuesday, a week after announcing they would do so.

Their decision has angered Israel, which called it "a reward for terrorism" and withdrew its ambassadors from these countries.

The bill for the recognition of Palestine by Denmark was proposed at the end of February by four left-wing parties.

"We cannot recognize an independent Palestinian state, and the only reason is that there are no preconditions for this," said Lars Lokke Rasmussen during the first debate on this bill in Parliament in April.

"We cannot support this, but we hope that the day will come when we can," said Rasmussen, who was not present in Parliament during the May 28 vote.

Denmark has said that Israel has the right to defend itself, after the attack that Hamas - the group declared a terrorist by the United States and the European Union - carried out on October 7 in southern Israel, where they killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped about 250 others.

The October 7 attack sparked Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians since then.

Recently, Denmark has called on Israel to exercise restraint and respect international law.

Ireland, Spain and Norway said their decision was aimed at speeding up efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, and called on other countries to follow suit.